Sabin v. Southard
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Allegan; Cross (Crien S.), J. Case by George Sabin and another against John E. Southard and others for the negligent burning of plaintiffs’ barn. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This action is brought by plaintiffs against defendants to recover damages because of a fire which, on September 25, 1919, destroyed a barn and other buildings and personal property belonging to the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs claim they entered into a bargain with John Southard, Sr., to thresh their grain, he to furnish plaintiffs the outfit with a crew; that in the forenoon of September 25, 1919, after they finished threshing, sparks from the engine set fire to the straw in the south mow which burned up the property mentioned. It is the further claim that the man who was employed by them to run…
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